Bernard James DWYER

(1921-1998)

DWYER, Bernard James, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January 24, 1921; attended the public schools;
attended Rutgers University, Newark, N.J.; United States Navy,
1940-1945; insurance broker; member, Edison (N.J.) Township
Council, 1958-1969; mayor, Edison, 1969-1973; served in the New
Jersey senate, 1974-1980; elected as a Democrat to the
Ninety-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1981-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination to the
One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on October 31, 1998;
interment in St. Gertrude’s Cemetery, Colonia, N.J.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present